Inking Deadlines For Local News Submissions
Publication deadlines push all material to reach the office by Tuesday night to appear in the same week issue. Early submissions prevent condensation or delays for news and ads and subscriptions may be left with T. F. Newton.
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T. F. Newton
Jessie Pratt
Maynard
Charles H. Walcott
Lowell
Maynard Tae
Charles J. McIntire
Esquire
H. Folsom
Register
Middlesex
Samuel Staples
Concord
Sarah E. Staples
Richard F. Barrett
Cambridge
Concord Enterprise
Charles. J. McIntire
Prescott
Keyes
Tremont St
Boston
Prospect Street repairs and town notes in South Acton
South Acton reports road work on Prospect Street and a flurry of local activity. The community notes visits from Grace Rouillard, Dr. Rose, and others. a powder mill explosion at Parker's crossing causes concern, with five workers affected and a $25,000 loss, and plans to rebuild announced.
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New York
New England
Titanic Smokeless Powder Co
John Fletcher
Parker’s Crossing
Fitchburg
J. H. Abbott
Hardcastle
Stock Co
Rink
Miss Tuttle’s Millinery Debuts Fall and Winter Styles
South Acton locals see a new mix of millinery at Miss Tuttle's parlors with ready to wear and tailored items. James McGreen the tailor offers made to order clothing plus repairing cleansing and pressing at moderate prices.
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Miss Tuttle
James Mce- Green
First Universalist and Congregational Services in Acton Mass
Sunday schedule lists Morning services at 10.30 with Sunday school at 11.45 for the First Universalist Church of South Acton led by Rev W F Dusseault and pews free to all. Congregational Church led by Rev W R Buxton holds 10.30 service, 11.45 Sunday school, 6.15 Y P S C E, 7.00 praise and preaching, and Tuesday prayer at 7.30.
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First Universalist Church
South Acton
Mass
W.F. Dusseault
Y.P.C. U
Congregational Church
W. R. Buxton
Acton Nursery Line Offered by Local Agent
Ke Faulkner Conant of South Acton Mass invites Acton and nearby residents to view nursery stock for spring delivery as an agent for Chase Bros of Rochester NY, a leading New England nursery.
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Chase Bros of
Rochester N. Y
New England
Faulkner
For Sale White driving horse and buggy
White driving horse with harness and rubber tired Goddard buggy offered for sale. Apply G. H. Bird Box 111 Soncton Mass.
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Goddard
Apply
G. H. Bird
Soncton Mass
Warship Repairs Amid Nova Scotia Navy Activity
Halifax reports unprecedented naval moves with eight double teams and about 200 personnel transferring powder ammunition and small arms from dockyard magazines to ships in port. Civilians barred from yards as battleship Penown undergoes repairs and further orders unclear.
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Halifax
Trent
Penown
American scientist wins Wilde prize in magnetism
Washington November 2 Charles A Schott chief of the computation division of the coast and geodetic survey received the Wilde prize from the Academy of France for a work on terrestrial magnetism The prize was awarded by a committee of prominent French scientists
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Washington
Charles A. Schott
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Wilde
The
Academy of France
Wow
Schott
France
Nancy Guilford to sail for New York in extradition case
London reports Dr. Nancy Guilford of Bridgeport Connecticut will sail November 12 to New York in custody of Bridgeport police Detective Cronan. She faces extradition to the United States on a second degree murder charge connected to Emma Gill’s death in the Yellow millpond tragedy.
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London
Nancy Guilford
Bridgeport
Almanac Solunar Times and Sun Setup
Almanac entry notes sunrise at 6 20 and sunset at 4 35 with moonrise at 8 25 p m. High tide times listed as 2 15 a m and 2 15 p m. Also shows water levels for a specific day.
Acton Centre Notices and Upcoming Farm Sales
Mrs Lizzie Handley visits town. Florence Day in Somerville. Leach children improving. Mrs Robbins and son visiting. Carlton wishes happiness in years to come. Flaynes Greenough returning from illness. Miss Clara Robbins back from Everett visit. New millinery and dressmaking ad by Miss Armstrong. Otis H Forbush to auction cows and farm items Friday Nov 4 in Concord for E H Smith. Saturday Nov 5 sale of 45 milch cows and springers from Belleville shipped by James M Switzer at Lewis Parks stock farm Stow. Positive sale to highest bidder.
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Carlton
Flaynes Greenough
Otis H. Forbush
Acton Centre
Mass
Concord Mass
E. H. Smith
Algeo
Lewis Parks
Stow
Belleville
Ohio
James M. Switzer
Soldier Oliver Wood returns from Porto Rico in parade
Oliver D. Wood of the Sixth U S Vols recounts hardships in Porto Rico. He cites poor rations and delays in pay, describes harsh conditions including disease and vermin, and urges better provisioning for soldiers. He criticizes local living conditions and reflects on duties guarding plantations after the war.
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Oliver D. Wood
Mississippi
Co Ct
Ted
Porto Rico
Wood
U. S. Vols
Central Africa
Spain
The Public Debt Increases In October 1898
The treasury reports the public debt at October 31 1898 totals 1 110 966 922 after net cash is removed rising 43 487 717 for the month. The rise comes from about 36 680 000 in new 3 percent bonds while cash on hand falls by about 7 223 000. The total new loan taken up in the statement reaches 179 399 180.
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Washington
Treasury
Receivers Asked For Bando Foreclose Mortgage
A suit filed in U S court by United States Mercantile Trust and Deposit Co of Baltimore seeks foreclosure on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad mortgage. It alleges a $29,600,000 mortgage dated 1886 and 470,900 in interest due last August. Judge Thompson to summon railroad officers and receivers Gowan and Murray to court.
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Cincinnati
United States
United States Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company of
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio
Thompson
Gowan and Murray
Man Arrested with Stolen Silverware in Quincy
A man named John Kelly, arrested for drunkenness on an electric car in Quincy, was found with a large quantity of solid silverware, an overcoat, a lady's fur coat, and a satin waist. Boston officers identified the property as stolen from the city earlier that day and took the prisoner into custody.
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Quincy
Mass
John Kelly
Boston
Fisher claims French government recalled Marchand mission
London Nov 2 William H Fisher junior lord of the treasury and MP and ministerial whip says dispatches show the French government has decided to recall the Marchand mission from Fashoda.
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London
William H. Fisher
the Treasury
Marchand
Fashoda
Taunton Man Dies After Onboard Suicide on Portland
Albert J. Buckley of Taunton mass committed death by his own hand on the steamer Portland as it left Boston harbor. He cut his throat with a razor and was found alive. The vessel returned to the dock and Buckley died before reaching the harbor entrance.
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Boston
Albert J. Buckley
Taunton
Mass
Portland
Buckley
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Victor Fowler
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Nelson Cole
S. B. Mentzer
Kings’ Daughters
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Sterling Moore
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Bert Moore
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Dora Owes
Reba Harrington
Georgie Griswold
Robin Christie
Irving Brewsters
Paul
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Acton
Thos. P. Parker
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Iron and Steel
B. J. Richardson
Jas. H. Prince
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the Mill
C. D. Holmes
Wright
H. A. Littlefield
West Acton
Life
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Hobson, Dewey and
Santiago
Joseph Booths
Main Street
Maynard & Nichols
West Acton, Mass
Mrs. Lizzie Handley
Florence
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A.J. Leach
Clara Robbins
Clara Hammond
Everett
Miss Arstrong
Bando
Noah Blanchard
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Frances A
State of Concord
Charles F. Nevens
Said
Said County
Nason
Co-operative Hall
Ralph N. Smith
Chas G. Whitman
Charles Elliott
Middlesex Institution
Middlesex South District
County of
A. E. Wood
Elliott
Herbert FitzGerald
Middlesex Institution For Savings
Henry J. Hosmer
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